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minus-squareUltraviolet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·19 days agoAre horseflies a lie because they don’t eat horses?
minus-squaretempest@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·19 days agoNo it’s because they take a horse sized chunk out of you when they bite you
minus-squareitslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·19 days agoWithout a lie they’d just be horsefs
minus-squareEarthShipTechIntern@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-219 days agoCame up with that yoursef, did you? …Jousef
minus-squarePSoul•Memes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·19 days agoOk let me introduce you to the barn owl
minus-squareEarthShipTechIntern@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·19 days agoYou’re right. They only drink horse (and cattle) blood. Horse or cow vampire fly is a little long winded for a name.
minus-squareangrystego@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·18 days agoBut it does sound kind of cool!
minus-squareSeleni@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·19 days agoBut they do? Along with any other animal that happens to be nearby. That is the one insect I will go out of my way to kill.
Are horseflies a lie because they don’t eat horses?
No it’s because they take a horse sized chunk out of you when they bite you
Without a lie they’d just be horsefs
Came up with that yoursef, did you?
…Jousef
Daaaaad
Ok let me introduce you to the barn owl
Do they eat barns?
You’re right. They only drink horse (and cattle) blood.
Horse or cow vampire fly is a little long winded for a name.
But it does sound kind of cool!
But they do? Along with any other animal that happens to be nearby.
That is the one insect I will go out of my way to kill.
Don’t.